Re: Home Automation Software - recomendations please!

["John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

> I've just bought an X10 controller for my PC - should I stick with
> ActiveHome or buy / download another product?
>
> I am a Java developer (but not neccessarily looking to have to code
> my own solution) - have you tried any of the APIs / Open Source apps
> out there?

xPLHal - http://www.xplhal.com/
is a free, open source home automation controller for xPL-enabled devices.

There are loads of xPL-enabled devices, including the X10 CM12 computer
interface, caller ID units, media players like Winamp, and many more.

See http://www.xplproject.org.uk/ for
more information on xPL.

Scripting in xPLHal is done using VBScript, and there are many API
functions to make things very easy, so you shouldn't have a problem there -
it only takes a few lines of scripting to get things happening.

Regards,

John


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